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First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies

Title
First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood.
Author
Bellwood, Peter S.
Publication
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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xix, 360 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index.
Contents
The early farming dispersal hypothesis in perspective -- The origins and dispersals of agriculture : some operational considerations -- The beginnings of agriculture in Southwest Asia -- Tracking the spreads of farming beyond the Fertile Crescent : Europe and Asia -- Africa : an independent focus of agricultural development? -- The beginnings of agriculture in East Asia -- The spread of agriculture into Southeast Asia and Oceania -- Early agriculture and its spread in the Americas -- What do language families mean for human prehistory? -- The spread of farming : comparing the archaeology and the linguistics -- Genetics, skeletal anthropology, and the people factor -- The nature of early agricultural expansion.
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JFF 04-3895
ISBN
  • 0631205659 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0631205667 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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2004003944
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Author
Bellwood, Peter S.
Title
First farmers : the origins of agricultural societies / Peter Bellwood.
Imprint
Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-349) and index.
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JFF 04-3895
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